Ventilated shoe.



K. E. TAUTE.

VENTILATED SHOE.

Arruoulon FILED PEB. 2. 1912.

Patented Aug. 13, 1.912.

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KARL E. TA'UTE, 0F EAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 THOMAS R. HILL, 0F HAVEBHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

VENTILATED SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13. 1912.

To all 'whom it may concern:

i Be it lmown that I, KARL E.TAUTE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Haverhill, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Ventilated Shoes, of which the following is a s ecication.

This invention relates to certain improvet ments in shoes, and has for its object to produce a shoe, the upper of which is composed of vegetable fibers, arranged so that ample Ventilating space is provided'throughout, a shoe thus being produced which is cool and comfortable to the foot.

A further object is so to construct a shoe of this character that it will be practical to manufacture the same, and will be reasonably durable.

I accomplish these objects by the means hereinafter described and shown in the'accompanying drawing, in which,

F1 re 1 is a side elevation of a shoe provide with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the sole and upper. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the upper.

In the drawing a indicates the usual sole or bottom of the shoe tonwhich the upper may be attached in various ways, the manner shown being by that known as McKay sewing. y.

According to my invention I form the upper of a material which consists of a series of strands b of vegetable bers, such as straw, of suitable strength, which are arranged to extend transversely of the shoe, said strands being'interwoven with longitudinal threads c, which hold the bers in position, side by side, as in an ordinary straw matting A backing d of textile material is secured by paste, or other suitable cement to the inner surface Iof the bers throughout the entire surface thereof, so that stability is given to the material and the ber strands are held from frayin out while the shoe is being manufacture That is, in the lasting exten transversely of the shoe, they will be in a better positlo to receive the strain which will be placed on the upper than` if they were otherwise Iarranged. That is, with this arrangement the strain which will be placed on the upper, when in use, will be better withstood than if the arrangement were otherwise. f

' `The backing d gives` the'upper stability, greatly increasing the durability of the shoe.

I claim 1. A shoe having its upper com csed of a fabric consisting of heavy stra-n s of ber arranged to extend transversely of the shoe and having relatively small longitudina strands interwoven therewith, and a backing of textile material'cemented to the inner surface of the fabric, substantially as described.

2. A shoe having its upper composed of a fabric consisting of heavy strands of ber arranged to extend transversely of the shoe,

,and having relatively small longitudinal strands interwoven therewith, a backing of KARL E. TAUTE.

Witnesses:

L. H. HARRIMAN, H. B. DAvIs. 

